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Hi All,

Just back from my jolly on the Isle of Mull. A glorious week of sunshine and spectacular scenery. 
I was chuffed to bits at being able to get to top of Ben More, which is a 3,000 footer. That’s one monkey shot down as I’ve not been up there for several years, having blobbed out on several visits since.  Mind you it absolutely killed me off, I was staggering 😢 more than a bit.

As for the fishing, the tides were against us I.e. out during the day. I managed only one cast 🎣 but got my spinner well and truly stuck so I gave it up as a bad job. I knew I shouldn’t have picked up that penny 😬.

As for the boozing, well I’m pleased to report that we made a serious contribution to the Tobermory bottle bank 😃.

Just watched the FA cup final, nice that someone different won it. Something dodgy though about Henderson’s handball - could well have been a different decision 🤔.

All the best everyone, have a good weekend ☀️

Good luck in the Europa Cup final Phil. I'm afraid as my grandson is a Man Utd fan, I'll be supporting them. Is the match only on TNT? If so I won't be watching it.

I have read that TNT Sports are broadcasting it on Discovery + for free. Also the conference League cup on following Wednesday. Not sure how you get on at the time but it is supposed to be free to view. 

Hope it’s a good game with some actual quality and even some defending from Spurs. 🤷🏼.. Which would be a novelty.. 

Just had my afternoon nap (3 hours again) … so tired all the time. See my consultant Tuesday so we’ll ask if it’s likely the radium or could be the new Orgovyx pills. Don’t want go back to the Degarelix injections … 

Hope I don’t fall asleep during the footie on Wednesday … 

Hope your grandson has got through the car racing unscathed. ?? 👍 is he taking it up as a sport or is this one off ? Sounds a bit dangerous but you need a bit of danger in your life as you grow up. 

We used to ride an old 1950’s Ariel 350 on fields near us as a kid and it was great to be let loose on our own. Felt so fast then 🤣. I ended up buying a 1958 350 engine when I was 17 and building it up as a flat track bike with a Honda 750 seat and BSA fuel tank. Fitted a super high compression piston from an MGA and subsequently broke a con rod at 80mph…. All good fun 🤪

Phil

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Racing around a field on a bike must have been an exhilarating experience Phil. Something I never dared to do. 

As for organised races, there must be so many regulations, spoilsports! health and safety gone mad eh 🤣

I remember watching banger racing as a kid. Years later when I took my kids, it was a memorial race for a guy killed on the track. There was a precession and they stopped to lay flowers on the grass bank. Anyway, when the first race started, I couldn't help thinking that someone was going to get killed! There were non contact races too, some very young kids driving minis flat out round the track, they were really good and must have had nerves of steel. 

Cheers all.

Kev.

Hi guys. 
Banger racing brings back memories. We lived not far from Rayleigh Stadium which did speedway and banger racing and then also locally was Scrambling at Hadleigh. 
Some days my Dad would drop me and my little bruv at Rayleigh on his way to work. I was probably 10 yrs old. Wed watch bangers or speedway at Rayleigh then walk the couple of miles to Hadleigh to see the afternoon scrambling. Then walk/bus back home to Canvey. We had a lot more freedom then. 

Hadleigh was the site for the 2012 Olympic mountain biking . We got tickets for 2 days to watch it. It was awesome. 

Phil

Twenty seven months post op PSA check : <0.02 undetectable. 

Plus liver function spot on.

Two great reasons to have a few beers to celebrate. 🍻

However, as usual, I shall always be thinking of others who've been less fortunate.

Hi Adrian

I normally don't post here but I always read what you guys write, cheers me up!

I had may PSA on the same day as your, 0.06. I know the relief you must be feeling, even after so many years PSA tests causes me anxiety every time! Our surgery results don't include '<' which is a pity because it doesn't tell you about the accuracy of the measurements by the laboratory used. I had my surgery in a London private hospital where my results, for five years, were < 0.003. Then we moved up to West Midland where the first result came in at 0.06 which was obviously alarming, so I went to my consultant in London and the result came in at <0.003 which was obviously a relief!  I am afraid some doctors don't understand or care about this significance of '<' sign which can cause confusion and unnecessary alarm.